Hernandez to Lead Attack

Javier Hernandez has won a lot of admirers this season for his enthusiasm and performances. United fans will be hoping for more of the same.

Hernandez will start this match owing to the suspension that Wayne Rooney is serving for swearing into a television camera after completing a hat-trick against West Ham United.

Hernandez has been one of the players in the United front line for much of the recent past. He seems to have blended in well and has enjoyed a productive first season in English football.

What a lot of people forget about Hernandez is that he’s well educated and speaks perfect English. This helps him and his teammates around him in the respect that he can communicate easily with other United players.

This allows him to move around the attack looking for and creating the space which ultimately leads to a goal. He’s been successful because he understands when a more experienced player like Rooney or Dimitar Berbatov is yelling at him because he’s out of position.

Her also looks like a poacher and this is something United have been missing ever since Ruud Van Nistelrooy left the club and Michael Owen started sitting on the bench. He has scored a lot of goals this season that have only been from about a yard out.

Improvisation is also a massive part of the way this Mexican plays. He can turn any situation into a goalscoring opportunity as his goal against Stoke, a backwards header, proved.

Fitness and speed are also two massive factors in Hernandez’s game. His speed is quick enough to trouble the majority of defences in world football and his fitness is good enough to ensure that he’s able to exploit this asset late in games.

Hernandez is also a better aerial player of the ball than many give him credit for. He gets chance to head at goal from corners and set pieces because no one perceives him as a threat due to his physical size. This has led to him netting a few goals this season and it could be the undoing of Manchester City in this contest.